US4634810A - Station for the accommodation of a chargeable cordless telephone - Google Patents

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US4634810A
US4634810A US06/674,339 US67433984A US4634810A US 4634810 A US4634810 A US 4634810A US 67433984 A US67433984 A US 67433984A US 4634810 A US4634810 A US 4634810A
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Erwin Grassl
Rudolf Waechtler
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/02—Constructional features of telephone sets
    • H04M1/0202—Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets
    • H04M1/026—Details of the structure or mounting of specific components
    • H04M1/0262—Details of the structure or mounting of specific components for a battery compartment
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
    • H02J7/00—Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
    • H02J7/0042—Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries characterised by the mechanical construction
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
    • H02J7/00—Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
    • H02J7/0042—Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries characterised by the mechanical construction
    • H02J7/0044—Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries characterised by the mechanical construction specially adapted for holding portable devices containing batteries
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/02—Constructional features of telephone sets
    • H04M1/04—Supports for telephone transmitters or receivers
    • H04M1/06—Hooks; Cradles

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  • the invention relates to a stationary station serving as a base component for a location-independent, cordless telephone.
  • the station has a trough-like hollow which is matched to the shape of the telephone.
  • the cordless telephone contains a cassette provided with chargeable batteries which serve for feed purposes and which are charged by a corresponding system at the station when the telephone is inserted into the hollow.
  • the base component represents a station which can be connected to the telephone network and to a current supply.
  • the cordless telephone and the base component are connected by means of modulatable, electromagnetic waves.
  • the free mobility and ease of use of the cordless telephone is basically dependent upon a range of communication with respect to the base component.
  • both devices are each equipped with a transmitting and receiving device which in the base component is fed by the network terminal, and in the cordless telephone is fed by the chargeable batteries.
  • the base component contains a charging device and charging contacts which are accessible in the hollow and which can be contacted with contact surfaces of the battery containing cassette.
  • cordless telephone is inserted into the hollow of the base component during each of the conversation-free intervals, with normal frequency of use these intervals should be sufficient to maintain the batteries charged and ready for use.
  • a more extensive independence of the base component can be required. For example, it can be required that one should be reachable by telephone for several hours each day, for example at arbitrary, non-predeterminable locations at a given site. Also, one should be able to establish connections at any time from these locations. For this purpose it would be desirable to carry the cordless telephone in one's pocket.
  • An object of the invention is to improve the independence of the cordless telephone from the base component with respect to shortening the necessary duration of action of the charging device upon the cordless telephone accommodated in the hollow of the base component.
  • a separate cassette can now be contained at any time in the recess of the station, independently of the cordless telephone, and can be exposed to the action of the charging device. In order to maintain the operability of the cordless telephone it is sufficient to periodically change the cassette.
  • the battery cassette contained in the additional recess of the base component represents a reserve cassette.
  • the recess for the reserve cassette can be formed as part of the hollow for the cordless telephone on the base surface thereof.
  • the reserve cassette is only accessible in its recess when the cordless telephone is not inserted into the hollow.
  • the base component can be provided with an elastic rib which is assigned to the charging contacts provided in the hollow and whose nose engages into a peripheral partition of the cordless telephone inserted into the hollow of the base component and keeps the telephone, with the contact surfaces of the battery cassette, pressed against the charging contacts in the hollow of the base component.
  • FIG. 1 represents a cordless telephone inserted into a hollow provided in the base component, in a partially cut-away side view;
  • FIG. 2 is a plan view of the base component with the cordless telephone removed.
  • the base component 1 for the cordless telephone 6 is provided with connection cords 2, 3 for connection to the telephone network and an energy supply, and represents a complete telephone station.
  • the upper housing surface of the base component is equipped with a sound grid or mesh 4 for the input and output of acoustic signals, with display and actuating elements 5, and with a hollow 7 whose shape is adapted to that of the cordless telephone.
  • the cordless telephone 6 likewise represents a complete telephone in the form of a hand-held transceiver, can be connected to the base component via electromagnetic waves, and contains, among other things, a cassette 8 which accommodates chargeable batteries which serve for feed purposes.
  • This cassette 8 possesses externally accessible contact surfaces which, when the telephone 6 is inserted into the hollow 7, correspond to corresponding charging contacts 9, 10 which are provided on the base component 1.
  • the base component 1 also accommodates an elastic rib 11 which engages, by means of a nose 12, into a peripheral partition 13 at the edge of the cordless telephone 6 accommodated in the hollow 7 of the base component 1. In this way the telephone is pressed in the longitudinal direction against the charging contacts 9, 10 of the base component, and is safeguarded against unintentional detachment from the hollow, at right-angles to its longitudinal direction.
  • an additional recess 14 is arranged in the base component 1.
  • This additional recess is matched to the shape of the cassette 8 and a further, separate cassette 15 which contains chargeable batteries and corresponds to the shape of the cassette 8 is inserted therein.
  • the contact surfaces of this cassette 15 correspond to charging contacts 16, 17 of the base component which are provided in the recess 14.
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US5828966A (en) * 1996-05-23 1998-10-27 Davis; Russell Universal charging cradle for cordless telephones
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US4835372A (en) * 1985-07-19 1989-05-30 Clincom Incorporated Patient care system
US4857716A (en) * 1986-05-12 1989-08-15 Clinicom Incorporated Patient identification and verification system and method
WO1987007106A1 (en) * 1986-05-12 1987-11-19 Clinicom Incorporated Portable handheld terminal including optical bar code reader and electromagnetic transceiver means for interactive wireless communication with a base communications station
US4850009A (en) * 1986-05-12 1989-07-18 Clinicom Incorporated Portable handheld terminal including optical bar code reader and electromagnetic transceiver means for interactive wireless communication with a base communications station
US4700375A (en) * 1986-10-10 1987-10-13 Motorola, Inc. Battery charging, reset, and data transfer system
US4850006A (en) * 1986-11-18 1989-07-18 Nec Corporation Booster and charger unit used for hand-held portable telephone and having overheat protection circuit
US4882745A (en) * 1987-05-08 1989-11-21 Silver Alan H Cordless headset telephone
US5086452A (en) * 1988-06-13 1992-02-04 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Radio telephone system and its control method
US4916441A (en) * 1988-09-19 1990-04-10 Clinicom Incorporated Portable handheld terminal
WO1990009726A1 (en) * 1989-02-20 1990-08-23 Silver Alan H Cordless headset telephone
GB2242794A (en) * 1990-04-05 1991-10-09 Technophone Ltd Apparatus for charging two batteries according to a priority sequence
GB2242794B (en) * 1990-04-05 1994-08-03 Technophone Ltd Battery charging apparatus
US5010565A (en) * 1990-06-29 1991-04-23 Bryan Nash Apparatus and method for adding cordless handset capability to an existing corded telephone
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US5136229A (en) * 1991-07-15 1992-08-04 Galvin Jay M Power pack device
US5828966A (en) * 1996-05-23 1998-10-27 Davis; Russell Universal charging cradle for cordless telephones
US5946637A (en) * 1996-05-23 1999-08-31 Nokia Mobile Phones Limited Base station with detachable charger for cordless phone systems
US6633152B2 (en) 2001-04-26 2003-10-14 Streamlight, Inc. Rechargeable flashlight and battery charger
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WO2005000114A2 (en) * 2003-06-03 2005-01-06 Bayer Healthcare Llc Portable medical diagnostic apparatus
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